Helicopter Tour Provides Unique Nicaragua View

Hovering above Nicaragua with a view that would make the Greek god Zeus jealous, U.S. expatriate Max Trost looks down through the glass bubble of his helicopter and is reminded of Alaska.

Trost might be the first person to ever compare Nicaragua to Alaska, but the veteran freelance pilot, who has logged flight hours all around the world, sees the similarities.

“They are both frontiers,” said Trost, 49, who used to fly pontoon bush planes in Alaska. Nicaragua, he said, is similarly inaccessible by roads, which are often in poor condition and cover only a small fraction of the expansive country.

Seeing the need for helicopter services in Nicaragua to view real estate and reach otherwise unattainable locations on the beaches and mountains, Trost flew his three-passenger Bell 47 J20 from Costa Rica earlier this year and set up shop in Granada.

“I think Nicaragua is open for business, the people have been very helpful here.”

PHOTO GALLERY OF SOME RECENT TOURS

After securing all his flight permits and a hangar at the Nature Air landing strip in Granada (perhaps the smallest “international airport” in the world), last October Trost started Buccaneer Heli-Tours S.A., Nicaragua’s only private helicopter service for real estate tours viewing.    PHOTO GALLERY OF SOME RECENT TOURS

With real-estate development taking off up and down Nicaragua’s west coast, and the Granada area district. Trost believes the high end developers will seek out his services for property viewing. Trost is also available to shoot digital aerial video and still digital photographs of real estate lots.

“Sooner or later, the people who need me are going to find me,” he said. Contact president@ricanica.com

The advantage of flying a helicopter, Trost said, is that potential buyers and developers can get a real understanding of the country’s layout with a bird’s eye view of lots for sale.

The incredible view from the chopper with the doors removed allows a perfect vantage point to “discover” new off-the-beaten path plots or beaches for future development, Trost said.

The helicopter can also be landed in any area or lot that the pilot deems safe, allowing clients to check out land from the air and on foot.

Trost said he will help developers, investors or large real estate dealers interested in becoming fractional owners of his helicopter. The arrangement would work as an aerial time share arrangement, in which each shareholder would be eligible for a certain number of flying hours each month.  For more information on Max and his heli-tours Contact Barry for more details Bookings

Trost would always pilot the helicopter. Fares for other clients are negotiated on a case-by-case basis Rica Nica Travel and Tourism or Stealth Financial Services.